Since the debut of OpenStack in 2010, eNovance has built up a specialty in installing and maintaining large-scale OpenStack deployments on behalf of organizations, allowing them to run cloud computing services for internal use or as a service. ENovance was founded in 2008 to help customers manage Web applications deployed in public cloud services.

The purchase of eNovance happens at a crucial time for Red Hat, which is making OpenStack a core component of its enterprise subscription line for open source software. Analyst firm 451 Research has predicted that annual revenue stemming from the use of OpenStack will top $1 billion by 2015.

Hewlett-Packard has also released its own OpenStack distribution, called Helion, and, like Red Hat, plans to offer deployment and hosted services around the cloud software.

Both companies are also building partner networks that will use these OpenStack distributions in products and services for specific industries or geographical areas.

Last month, the two companies also pledged to work together to build virtual networking functionality in OpenStack, through the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) project.

Red Hat will acquire eNovance for approximately €50 million cash ($68 million) and €20 million in shares of Red Hat common stock. Red Hat plans to close the deal this month.

A privately held company, eNovance maintains offices in Paris, Montreal, San Francisco and Bangalore. Cisco, Alcatel Lucent, Orange, France Television and Ericsson have all used the company's services.

The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.

My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.

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